And my Mickey Mouse headcanon happens on the alternative timeline of Finnish Duck universe where the Mouseton doesn’t exist and Mickey lives in Duckburg. There, Mickey becomes a new inspector when Inspector Casey is promoted to Duckburg’s new police chief after O’Hara retires. The Phantom Blot is finally caught and taken to jail for a good Mickey rewarded with a medal of merit and a city key. However, Mickey feels that police life is not for him so he divorces and moves with Minnie to the countryside. Goofy is starting to thrive as a writer and his best-selling work is Mickey’s Biography. However, Mickey wants to stay out of the public eye and focus on raising bees. But the craziest thing is that after Mickey, Casey recruits Pete as the new inspector, who has really decided to take hold of oneself, start to be honest and get a decent job for himself.
This is less of a 'this is absolutely how I view the future' and more of a thought experiment since, well, there's some stuff I'd like to see or go for in a different manner than the suggestions seen. So, let's start:
Uncle Scrooge doesn't go back to the Klondike in this idea: at least, not permanently. It may be tragic to deny him the one thing he didn't keep, but on the other hand, it's just not in me to follow Rosa's plans for him. Either he went there to see Goldie's final days, or he arrived too late: either way, he gets a darker form of closure. Although it's sad, it does help him change somewhat: while she's the one he loved, now that he knows she's gone, he's willing to be more affectionate to his actual family [imagine, they're graduated to a whole dollar an hour now]. Although he'll probably turn a little too zealous regarding Dickie Duck, which is part of what Goldie wanted anyway.
To put it simply, he's turning his sorrow into strength, although he might also be a little more single-minded and careless than usual. But hey, I could see him finally deciding to at least give Brigitte what she wanted for a time, if he decides that she shouldn't feel the kind of loss he suffered. That should last until the end of his life, at least.
Of course, at this point, the old foes are also running out of steam. The Beagle Boys finally run out of luck after one major caper and get life sentences in the equivalent of Alcatraz, under maximum security. Magica deSpell's continuous failures catch up to her like during the Final Adventure, although this time she doesn't get turned into a good fairy - maybe instead she turns into a statue of salt or something, and while one of her friends does manage to save her, she's similarly done with the drive to get the #1 Dime, especially if Scrooge dies and it's passed on to the triplets. As for Glomgold, going with this idea, he's not going to end up Scrooge's perennial #2 - Karma bites him in the tail feathers big time when one of his criminal schemes backfires in a serious manner. As in, he loses the position of #2 permanently, quite likely to the Maharajah of Howduyustan or the cowboy from the 24 karat moon race. Rockerduck is likely to average out failing to manage his fortune or, perchance, getting in a relationship with some spendthrift who spends his money faster than he can earn it. Still, he actually likes the lady [and while she loves his money, she isn't going to drive him to a true bankruptcy until he or his accountants die].
Onto the next generation, then. Donald may love Daisy and all, but the relationship has had its ups and downs for long enough that he might push things too far and they break up for a while. As in, 'years' while. This doesn't mean she's turning to Gladstone for keeps either - a part of their relationship was him mostly wanting to show up Donald, and while he's faithful enough, they're not going to end up a great relationship in the long run, when her nastier streak reminds him too much of Donald. Who, by the way, is now hanging out with Fethry even more than he'd like to, if only because he's the one friend his age who doesn't live half a continent away and also because it'd be nice to see Fethry more involved with Donald's life over time but that's me.
The nephews grow up to different priorities overall. While all three of them are all-in on the Junior Woodchucks, one of them goes on to become the next Mogul, taking charge of the entire organization and helping maintain its level of quality. The others are more likely to take up other careers, and while they're not going to truly expand Scrooge's inheritance beyond what they get - none of them can handle being the Richest Ducks in the World the way he did - they have a strong network in friends and family to make the fortune grow in other ways, be it through charitable support, projects to improve Duckburg and the rest of Calisota [if not the world], or even just environmental actions. Long story short, they'll actually do what stories like "A Little Something Special" or "The Final Adventure" didn't quite do and make the reason for the citizens to love the old McDuck be validated. [No offense to the people who like those stories straight, it's just my own opinion.] Also their parents come back because COME ON, DISNEY, YOU GAVE MICKEY'S NEPHEWS THEIR MOM BACK.
This version of Donald would actually find another partner for some time; someone to fill his own romantic wants. Though I'll admit that for this thought experiment I don't exactly have anyone in mind. But it would likely be someone who marries into the family and the nephews would be as much surrogate sons to them as anything else, at least until they're ready to move out and start their adult lives. Of course, it could always be the case where they have to deal with Donald being a dad when they're not ready to share those emotions yet, and either way, I do think that if Donald and Daisy get together, it'd be in their more mature years [closer to 40 than the 80 that Scrooge's supposed to have, but still not the youngest age ever], after they've had actual experience with serious relationships with other partners than themselves.
Gladstone wins some world travel cruise tickets that end up in the Bermuda Triangle and ends up taken by aliens to another planet where he becomes their King, very unhappily wishing Fethry was in his place when he considers what he has to deal with.
Grandma Duck's farm is basically maintained as part of the McDuck projects that the triplets are taking care of, and possibly Daisy's own nieces, for lack of a personality, turn out to be happy doing that. It's in good hands.
Gyro retires at some point after Scrooge passes away, though he's not quite going to go to the Brazilian version of his family's town [Monotonópolis, AKA the most boring place on Earth, as seen in B 74308. I don't think he'd ever fully stop inventing either, but it goes from a job to something he does for fun. He and Ludwig von Drake do keep up their rivalry from certain stories, although now Ludwig tends to boast that he's still got it harder since, as he never retired, he calls that a win.
Fethry is probably the better adjusted between himself, Donald and Gladstone, relationship-wise, since he does actually stick to his girl Glória, although similar to Donald, they basically focus on their nephew rather than having kids. That said, he's still more of a loony than most can handle, and takes up the mantle, by himself, of a Great Adventurer after Scrooge's gone - dragging Donald, Dugan, and whoever's around along. Of course, those trips might be closer to an Arizona Goof scenario where they're not as well funded compared to when Scrooge did it, but then again, I can also see Fethry accidentally getting them stuck in more literally magical adventures anyway, simply because neither he nor Dugan are that bright.
This is basically what I can think of for the main Duckburg crew in about 30 minutes, but typed up over 60. Hopefully this is interesting to any readers.
The issue of Scrooge is always a hard one to resolve. What to do with the man who never has enough? I'm personally fond of a sci-fi tinged "last adventure beyond the stars" kind of idea, that allows Scrooge (or the idea of Scrooge) to live on forever. It's been too long for him to get with Goldie, and part of Brigitta's arc is her becoming a strong independent woman -- though she'd definitely be close to the Duck family long after Scrooge parts. She'll eventually play Grandma's part in the family.
The villains keep doing what they do best. Glomgold may finally claim the title of world's richest duck, but it's a hollow victory, since he has nobody close to him to share it with.
The money, I believe, should go to Gladstone. I know that's controversial, but it's all in accordance with the laws of the universe and Gladstone's ideal of living like a dandy. Most of the money would enter into a family trust, and the business would be continued by Scrooge's loyal staff. Let's be honest: for every deal Scrooge made, he also lost money due to his overattention to detail/refusal to pay a proper wage/general miserliness. The money's good for generations to come.
Magica, similarly to Brigitta, may give up her witching ways to live an ordinary life. Maybe she returns to go after Gladstone's dime. Or maybe, eventually, she defrosts enough to fall in love with Gladstone and marry him. I'm not a fan of the original story that paired them up, since they both need a LOT more development, but it's not impossible. And I wonder what Magica would do with her life after she became the richest woman in the world? I can see her as a kind of magical Batman, fighting crime and stuff.
Donald and Daisy don't get together, but their nephews and nieces might. I'm sure Donald will find someone who fits him. I know Daisy will. I've also toyed with the idea of matching one of the triplets with Dickie, tying up that loose family tree branch, but I can't decide which one. Maybe she marries all three, one at a time?
Gyro will be Gyro, too. Whether he works for money or not, he can't help himself. Like Fethry, he has a semi-girlfriend, Matilda. I'd love to see them together.
Magica, similarly to Brigitta, may give up her witching ways to live an ordinary life. Maybe she returns to go after Gladstone's dime. Or maybe, eventually, she defrosts enough to fall in love with Gladstone and marry him. I'm not a fan of the original story that paired them up, since they both need a LOT more development, but it's not impossible. And I wonder what Magica would do with her life after she became the richest woman in the world? I can see her as a kind of magical Batman, fighting crime and stuff
More than that pair, I think Magica would be much happier if she could be again with Teo from Amelia e la rinuncia alla Numero Uno. In this story, she felt in love with Teo, an hotel manager, and was okay with losing her powers to stay with him. She even renounced to the N°1, when $crooge arrived in the hotel. But she had to leave, because Teo went crazy and tried to steal the Dime for her.
So Magica could, at some time, finally decide to renounce her powers, and return to Teo, maybe with a slightly different aspect (I seem to remember she removed herself from his memories at the end, but I'm not sure. I read the story a long time ago). Without knowing she is a witch, or knowing that she can't create the amulet anymore, probably Teo wouldn't go crazy again, and they could live a normal life.
Well, I never thought of their future, but here I am. I like most of what Patofu says.
Never read Last Sled to Dawson, but I don't like the fact that Scrooge's life is so Goldie-centered in Rosa production, when in Barks she was just a girl whom he met in his past and whom he even forgot about. So, I won't take her into account (I mean, she is old and skinny, she might die soon).
Donald and Daisy won't marry, that's a good point. Their relationship just never develops. As said by Grobian Gans in "Die Ducks. Psychogramm einer Sippe" (p.62):
<< Die Hemmungen, die beide an einer echten Begegnung hindern, sind nicht sonderlich komplex. Donald teilt die Gefühlseinstellung der meisten Amerikaner gegenüber Frauen, die Nelson Algren so beschrieb: «Wenn du mich einen kleinen Jungen bleiben läßt, laß ich dich ein kleines Mädchen bleiben.» Schon Donalds Festhalten am Matrosenanzug verrät ein gewisses Steckenbleiben in einer puber tären Entwicklungsphase: Er träumt am liebsten keusch von Daisy. Daisy wiederum zeigt wenig Neigung, die Initiative zu ergreifen, solange Donald ihr keine gesicherte Existenz zu bieten vermag, sondern begnügt sich damit, ihren Anspruch auf ihn zu sichern. >>
She could flirt with Gladstone at first, but soon will she get bored and move away from Duckburg. I feel she could go to a big futuristic metropolis (like Monsterville, but bigger).
HDL grows older, one of the three reaches a good position in the JW organisation, but the other ones have different lives. One could work for McDuck Enterprise (in suit and tie), while the other one could follow his dreams of becoming a musician IDK I really wouldn't take into account recent Italian production, but I can't think of a satisfying future, maybe the third one could just marry and settle down for a family with a few children.
Gyro retires, I like the old Gyro portrayed by John Nichols in "FINE FEATHERED FRIENDS: THE DISNEY DUCKS. Part two: Gyro Gearloose, an interview" (published in The Barks Collector 31-32), I might quote some parts from it as soon as I get home in late December.
Fethry keeps doing what Fethry does. I agree that he and Donald might enjoy some time together, that would be nice after all the times Donald snorts in Kinney's stories. They just become adult and their reactions get milder.
Gladstone would never work, but I like Gans' theory of him actually being a CIA agent, that would explain his incredible "luck" (I might quote this as well as soon as I get home).
Flintheart dies, in his last days he thinks about his good parents and repents. Rockerduck keeps being the second richest Duck in Duckburg, but he is older, way older, and now competes with one of HDL (I am aware of the fact that Rockerduck himself has nephews, but I don't think they would take on his battle, I deem there isn't a strong relationship between them vs Scrooge-HDL one).
Magica gives up in looking for Scrooge's dime (it was about time I guess). She fuses the coins she collected from the richest men in the world and becomes rich herself. She is relatively a young woman, so she could use the money for travelling or IDK anything she wants.
Donald leaves the job at the margarine factory and joins uncle Gideon in his new VOD business (Gideon inherited a good part of Scrooge's fortune and became some kind of Rupert Murdoch of the information, now he has several newspapers and tv networks and such).
Dickie is around the world, I don't really care about her because she was away most of the time. Many years ago I thought she was Scrooge's granddaughter... she might, but that is not important anyway.
Horace and Clarabelle might adopt some babies (I don't know what kind of creature a horse and a cow could breed themselves).
1957: Scrooge fakes his death to live with Goldie, passing away 10 years later. During this time, Miss Quackfaster becomes the manager of his empire, but passes the position on to HDL after his real death, as he (Scrooge) wished
1959: Grandma Duck dies at 104, leaving her farm to Gus. At the same time, Fethry, who had visited Duckburg a couple of times before, officially settles down in the city
1964: Donald and Daisy marry and have two children, one in 1964 (a boy named Scrooge) and the other in 1966 (a daughter named Hortense)
Around 1964-1976: HDL marry and have their owl children. Each one has a set of triplets
1965: Gladstone has a short relationship with Magica. They have one daughter in 1966 but break up shortly after. The kid stays with her mother
1966: Glomgold dies at 99 years old
2001: Gladstone dies at 81 years old 2002: Daisy dies at 77 years old 2003: Gus dies at 83 years old 2005: Fethry dies at 85 years old 2006: Donald dies at 86 years old
2013: Louie dies at 72 years old 2016: Dewey dies at 75 years old 2018: Huey dies at 78 years old
2045: Gyro dies at 123 and beats Jeanne Calmemt's longevity record
Sorry that most of my ideas are about the characters' death, i've never thought too much about the future besides this. I believe that after Scrooge died in 1967, life in Duckburg became easier and a lot more normal, with no more big adventures
I know that this was posted a long time ago, but I like this. Do you mind me asking how you came up with the specific years that the characters died in? Kind of interesting that Gladstone dies first from the characters of his generation despite his infamous luck. I'm not sure what "luck" would look like in old age, however. I also find the concept of Gladstone and Magica having a daughter who may or may not know her father to be very interesting. I'm not fully sold on the Gladstone/Magica romantic pairing, but this is a pretty neat twist on it.
And my Mickey Mouse headcanon happens on the alternative timeline of Finnish Duck universe where the Mouseton doesn’t exist and Mickey lives in Duckburg. There, Mickey becomes a new inspector when Inspector Casey is promoted to Duckburg’s new police chief after O’Hara retires. The Phantom Blot is finally caught and taken to jail for a good Mickey rewarded with a medal of merit and a city key. However, Mickey feels that police life is not for him so he divorces and moves with Minnie to the countryside. Goofy is starting to thrive as a writer and his best-selling work is Mickey’s Biography. However, Mickey wants to stay out of the public eye and focus on raising bees. But the craziest thing is that after Mickey, Casey recruits Pete as the new inspector, who has really decided to take hold of oneself, start to be honest and get a decent job for himself.
Pete eventually "going straight" is probably part of my headcanonical future, too. This is a funny way for it to happen. Mickey visits Duckburg again and decides to chat with Casey, only to find Pete, of all people, standing in his office, and without handcuffs, too!
... The nephews grow up to different priorities overall. While all three of them are all-in on the Junior Woodchucks, one of them goes on to become the next Mogul, taking charge of the entire organization and helping maintain its level of quality. The others are more likely to take up other careers, and while they're not going to truly expand Scrooge's inheritance beyond what they get - none of them can handle being the Richest Ducks in the World the way he did - they have a strong network in friends and family to make the fortune grow in other ways, be it through charitable support, projects to improve Duckburg and the rest of Calisota [if not the world], or even just environmental actions. Long story short, they'll actually do what stories like "A Little Something Special" or "The Final Adventure" didn't quite do and make the reason for the citizens to love the old McDuck be validated. [No offense to the people who like those stories straight, it's just my own opinion.] Also their parents come back because COME ON, DISNEY, YOU GAVE MICKEY'S NEPHEWS THEIR MOM BACK. ...
I guess I'm more of a traditional and predictable kind of guy. For me, Scrooge ends his story with Goldie, and Donald ends his with Daisy, in spite of both couple's ups and downs. I agree with and like these headcanons for Huey, Dewey, and Louie. I think all three of them probably stay active in the Junior Woodchucks and raise any sons that they have in it. Watch them all have daughters, though; of course, I suppose that they could be Woodchucks, too. I also don't see the Duck brothers really expanding the McDuck fortune but, as you say, decreasing it through beneficial philanthropy and altruism. Good headcanon! I also like your idea (which I did not quote for the sake of space) about Fethry. Fethry's future is one that I have not really thought out. I kind of like thinking of him as the next big adventurer in the family after Scrooge retires or passes away.
... Gyro retires, I like the old Gyro portrayed by John Nichols in "FINE FEATHERED FRIENDS: THE DISNEY DUCKS. Part two: Gyro Gearloose, an interview" (published in The Barks Collector 31-32), I might quote some parts from it as soon as I get home in late December. ...
I know that this was posted a long time ago, but if you ever get the chance to post those quotes, then I would love to read them!
Huey, Dewey, and Louie all go to 'Nam. No ifs, ands or buts.
I put Dewey as a Vietnam War veteran in my headcanon, but not the other two for some reason. My headcanon has Dewey as something of a reflection of Donald. I have Donald breaking up with Daisy after a high school romance with her, fighting in World War II, and coming home to find himself the father figure of three little rascals, his nephews. Dewey breaks up with Daisy's niece Dottie after a high school romance with her, fights in the Vietnam War, and comes home to rekindle his relationship with Dottie and find himself the father figure of three little rascals, Dottie's daughters.
It has been a while since I posted any headcanons on this thread, but, hey, why not let a few ideas go from my brain and to the great, wide Internet? Horace Horsecollar and Clarabelle Cow marry essentially in the "present-day" (which, for the mice, is more like the 1930's as opposed to the 1950's-centric ducks -- again, all just in my unimportant headcanon). Their marriage is a happy one, but is ended sadly when Horace dies tragically at a relatively young age. I had an idea where Horace died in World War II, and his death prompts Mickey to enlist for the last couple years of the war. However, I doubt that this headcanon would at all fit with wartime Gottfredson strips. Gottfredson's strips are the basis of my mouse headcanon, but I'm more familiar with the strips from the 1930's than those from later dates. All the volumes of the Floyd Gottfredson Library that I own contain strips from the '30's. Anyhow, Horace dies young. Goofy and Clarabelle's relationship as depicted or implied in Super Goof comics like The Thief of Zanzipar begins a few years later.
Goofy, I know, gets married and has a son in 1950's cartoons. I'm not sure if I really consider these canonical or not. Still, I can see Goofy settling down with some lady (perhaps Glory-Bee) in the 1940's or 1950's and having a son, little Junior. I think the idea has been mentioned elsewhere before, but I somewhat like imagining that the Goofy from Goof Troop, A Goofy Movie, etc. is the son of the original Goofy who had adventures with Mickey Mouse. I like this sort of legacy Goofy idea, but it doesn't really fit with Donald's appearance in A Goofy Movie or with The Legend of the Chaos God putting Goof Troop in the same continuity as DuckTales, which I view as a separate continuity from the one that the classic comics versions of the characters reside in. One potential future for Goofy is rather grim. The old Goof becomes estranged from his son, and his health begins to decline. He moves in with his old pal, Mickey, who does more than enough to help out his friend. Nevertheless, Goofy ends up dying, in either the late 1970's or the early 1980's, still in his sixties. This grim theory was created from a story where Goofy has zero idea who his parents are and claims to have basically just turned up from nowhere, which is inconsistent with other stories where Goofy has a large family that he loves and is proud of. My twisted solution (rather than just placing the story in a different continuity) was to say that this is in the future where Goofy is suffering from memory loss. Of course, maybe things aren't so bad for Goofy. The doctor in Barks's Back to the Klondike was able to give Uncle Scrooge some pills to help him remember things that he had long, long forgotten. When Donald decides to visit Goofy and sees the bad condition that his friend is in, he'll remember dear Uncle Scrooge's memory pills and promptly find some for Goofy, who becomes sharp as... well, as sharp as Goofy ever was... again.
Mickey and Minnie Mouse finally marry in the late 1940's, though again, I'm sure this isn't consistent with comics that I would like to include in my headcanon. I just don't want to stretch out their dating for too long. They've already been together since the early 1930's at least. Surely they will tie the knot before Donald and Daisy (who marry in the mid-1950's in my headcanon). Not long after their marriage, fraternal twins are born to the happy couple! Meet Marcus Mouse (named for his maternal grandfather) and Lillian Mouse (named for her paternal grandmother [fan name]). Perhaps the television show The Mickey Mouse Club was created in-universe by Mickey for his two young children. Marcus grows up to be a lot like his dad when he was younger, sharing the same adventurous streak. Like Dewey Duck, he goes to serve in the Vietnam War, but sadly loses his life in the conflict. He does leave behind a child, a little boy to carry on the Mouse family name. Mickey and Minnie, now in their fifties, are heartbroken at the loss of their son. I still like Scrooge MacDuck's old idea of Minnie dying tragically due to Mickey's police work. Mickey goes through a lot of heartache, and it does make him somewhat bitter. He nevertheless continues his work with the police, perhaps even working his way up to the position presently occupied by Chief O'Hara, on through the 1980's. With time, Mickey will heal. He will be an active part of the lives of his grandchildren and his grandniblings, the children of Morty and Ferdie. He will regale them with stories from his youth, many of which they will not believe. He ultimately dies peacefully in the 2020's at the ripe old age of 113.
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